That is not what we are saying.

One or two?

Can I ask the Taoiseach to withdraw that?

Can I ask him now to withdraw that? I am asking it right now because in the past there was an issue about not asking for it immediately. He said if we were in power we would put the jackboot on people. Could I ask him to withdraw that comment?

I will be pursuing this.

I want to ask the Chair-----

He is in breach of Standing Orders saying we would put a jackboot on people if we were in power, and I ask him to withdraw that.

You are in breach of Standing Orders.

It is not just an opinion. Go and say it outside the Dáil, like your disgraceful allegation that we are Putin's puppets.

Say it outside the Dáil.

You are abusing privilege.

No, actually, we did not. Stop lying about what we said.

I will tell you what is abhorrent-----

Sorry, I was going to-----

What is abhorrent is not our exposure of the reality that the Government has a hand-picked consultative forum, with a hand-picked chair, who is on record as being a supporter of US militarism. Us being critical of that is not abhorrent. What is abhorrent and contrary to democratic debate and free speech is that the Government is not doing any of this in the full glare of the public and allowing the public to decide. The Government was originally going to have a citizens' assembly. That was ditched. Why? It was beca…

The Government's own cost of disability report indicates that having a disability costs a person between €9,000 and €13,000 extra annually. Ireland ranks as one of the lowest in Europe in terms of the employment gap and the number of people employed in this regard. The rates of people with disabilities at risk of or in poverty are through the roof. The question is whether the Government is going to use budget 2024 to address the costs of being disabled. Many things need to be done. We need investment in housing and…

-----was €350, with the pandemic unemployment payment, PUP.

Will the Government increase these payments to €350 weekly?

It is almost a year since the Government received the report of the working group to examine defects in housing. Laid out in the report is a shocking tale of builders cutting corners and using loopholes inserted by Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael in terms of self-certification with devastating consequences for apartment and duplex owners. The report suggests that a majority of apartments and duplexes built between 1991 and 2013 - between 50% and 80% - are affected by defects. That is an incredible figure. It means that b…

I appreciate that the Minister of State is not the line Minister, but he did say he appreciated the opportunity to update the House on this important matter. He did not really provide that much of an update, however, apart from the fact, which we know from The Irish Times , that the code of practice, which has been referred to previously in the Dáil, is being developed. What is worrying is that mention was made of a code of practice "including guidance on interim safety measures". That would be welcome because we d…